A Ruler from Bethlehem
(Matthew 2:1–12)
Now, O daughter of troops, Lam 3:30Isa 33:22Jhn 18:22Jhn 19:3Job 16:10Mat 26:672Co 11:202Ki 25:1-3
mobilize your troops;
for a siege is laid against us!
With a rod they will strike the cheek
of the judge of Israel.
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Mat 2:6Jhn 7:42Isa 9:6-7Luk 1:31-33Gen 49:10Isa 11:1Psa 90:2Col 1:17
who are small among the clans 1of Judah,
out of you will come forth for Me
One to be ruler over Israel 2—
One whose origins are of old,
from the days of eternity.
Therefore Israel will be abandoned Rev 12:1-2Mat 1:21Mic 4:7Rom 9:27-28Hos 11:8Isa 10:20-21Mic 4:9-10Heb 1:11-12
until she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of His brothers will return
to the children of Israel.
He will stand and shepherd His flock Isa 40:10-11Psa 23:1-2Luk 1:32Mic 7:141Pe 1:5Jhn 10:27-30Rev 11:151Ch 29:11-12
in the strength of the LORD,
in the majestic name of the LORD His God.
And they will dwell securely,
for then His greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.
And He will be our peace 3 Luk 2:14Jhn 14:27Zec 10:3Col 1:20-21Ecc 11:2Eph 2:14-17Isa 9:6-7Job 5:19
when Assyria invades our land
and tramples our citadels.
We will raise against it seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, Gen 10:8-11Isa 14:25Luk 1:742Ch 33:112Ki 15:292Ki 17:3-52Ki 18:9-152Ki 19:32-35
and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn.
So He will deliver us
when Assyria invades our land
and marches into our borders.
The Remnant of Jacob
(Micah 2:12–13)
Then the remnant of Jacob will be Psa 72:6Isa 44:3Mic 5:3Deu 32:2Hos 14:5Psa 110:3Rom 10:20Hos 6:3
in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the LORD,
like showers on the grass,
which do not wait for man
or linger for mankind.
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, Zec 10:5Mic 4:13Hos 5:14Isa 41:15-16Oba 1:18-19Psa 2:8-12Psa 50:22Zec 12:3
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramples and tears as it passes through,
with no one to rescue them.
Your hand will be lifted over your foes, Isa 26:11Psa 21:8Isa 11:14Isa 14:2-4Psa 10:121Co 15:25Isa 1:25Isa 33:10
and all your enemies will be cut off.
“In that day,” Zec 9:10Hos 14:3Psa 20:7-8Psa 33:16-17Hos 1:7Isa 2:7Jer 3:23
declares the LORD,
“I will remove your horses from among you
and wreck your chariots.
I will remove the cities of your land Isa 2:12-17Amo 5:9Ezk 38:11Hos 10:14Isa 6:11Zec 4:6
and tear down all your strongholds.
I will cut the sorceries from your hand, Deu 18:10-12Isa 8:19-20Rev 22:15Isa 2:20Isa 2:18Isa 2:6-8Rev 19:20Zec 13:2-4
and you will have no fortune-tellers.
I will also cut off the carved images Ezk 6:9Ezk 36:25Ezk 37:23Hos 14:3Hos 14:8Hos 2:16-17Isa 17:7-8Isa 2:8
and sacred pillars from among you,
so that you will no longer bow down
to the work of your own hands.
I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst Exo 34:13
and demolish your cities.
I will take vengeance in anger and wrath 2Th 1:8Mic 5:8Psa 149:7Isa 65:12
upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”